Clu

b Sp

onso

rs

Ove

r th

e la

st f

ew y

ears

we�

ve s

een

one

of th

e w

eak

poin

ts o

f th

e H

2�s

IFS

fron

t end

hap

pen

man

y tim

es o

n th

e tra

il �

brok

en ti

e ro

ds.

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le th

is c

an b

e m

inim

ized

by

redu

cing

whe

el sp

in a

nd c

aref

ul d

rivin

g, it

can

�t be

tota

lly e

limin

ated

. Le

adin

g su

spen

sion

man

ufac

ture

r, Fa

btec

h, o

ffer

a si

mpl

e so

lutio

n, H

eavy

Dut

y Ti

e R

ods.

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Fab

tech

Hea

vy D

uty

Tie

Rod

kit

sim

ply

repl

aces

the

fact

ory

tie ro

ds w

ith b

oth

inne

r and

out

er h

eavy

dut

y un

its.

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kit i

s sim

ple

to in

stal

l and

will

wor

k on

bot

h lif

ted

and

stoc

k H

2�s.

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alig

nmen

t is r

equi

red

afte

r ins

talla

tion.

W

ill it

just

mea

n I b

reak

som

ethi

ng e

lse?

A g

ood

ques

tion

and

afte

r hun

dred

s of

H2�

s ha

ve ra

n th

ese

for s

ome

time

on th

eto

ughe

st tra

ils, t

he a

nsw

er is

a d

efin

ite �

No�

. Th

ey si

mpl

y re

duce

the

chan

ces

of b

reak

ing

of th

e st

ock

tie ro

ds.

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e ar

e al

so m

any

othe

r pr

oduc

ts a

vaila

ble

to s

treng

then

the

stoc

k H

2 IF

S st

eerin

g sy

stem

, inc

ludi

ng P

itman

and

idle

rar

m su

ppor

t kits

, hea

vy d

uty

cent

er li

nks,

and

idle

r arm

piv

ot b

rack

et re

info

rcem

ent k

its.

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neve

r you

are

on

the

trail

ther

e is

alw

ays t

he p

ossi

bilit

y of

get

ting

stuc

k. K

now

ing

how

to q

uick

ly a

nd sa

fely

reco

ver t

he v

ehic

le w

ill m

ake

sure

itdo

esn�

t rui

n th

e da

y.

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rock

s and

whe

n at

stee

p an

gles

, a w

inch

is th

e pr

efer

red

met

hod

of re

cove

ry a

nd c

erta

inly

the

safe

st. W

hene

ver u

sing

a w

inch

, saf

ety

is a

lway

s of

para

mou

nt im

porta

nce.

Thi

nk th

roug

h w

hat y

ou a

re a

bout

to d

o, o

nly

use

good

qua

lity

equi

pmen

t in

good

con

ditio

n, a

lway

s us

e a

tree

stra

p to

pro

tect

trees

, and

nev

er e

xcee

d th

e w

orki

ng lo

ad li

mits

of y

our e

quip

men

t. N

ever

con

nect

a w

inch

line

bac

k on

to it

self,

and

nev

er a

llow

any

one

to st

and

near

a te

nsio

ned

win

ch li

ne.

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nthe

tic w

inch

line

s are

pre

ferr

ed, b

ut if

usi

ng a

stee

l win

ch li

ne, p

lace

som

ethi

ng o

ver i

t, su

ch a

s a

blan

ket,

jack

et, e

tc.

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will

redu

ce a

ny �

whi

p�ef

fect

sho

uld

the

cabl

e br

eak.

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orki

ng th

e w

inch

har

d, g

ive

it a

brea

k ev

ery

few

min

utes

to a

llow

it to

coo

l dow

n. N

ever

hav

e th

e w

inch

ing

vehi

cle

in P

ark,

it s

houl

d be

in N

eutra

l with

the

emer

genc

y br

ake

on a

nd th

e dr

iver

sho

uld

be a

pply

ing

the

brak

es.

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chin

g op

erat

ions

can

dra

w a

lot o

fcu

rren

t fro

m th

e ba

ttery

, som

etim

es b

ette

r res

ults

will

be

achi

eved

by

hold

ing

the

engi

ne R

PM�s

aro

und

1500

. In

man

y in

stan

ces,

espe

cial

ly w

hen

stuc

k in

mud

, a �

snat

ch�

or K

inet

ic E

nerg

y R

ecov

ery

is th

e qu

icke

st a

nd s

afes

t met

hod

of r

ecov

erin

g a

vehi

cle.

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in, o

nly

use

equi

pmen

t in

good

con

ditio

n, w

hich

sho

uld

cons

ist

of a

goo

d qu

ality

tw

o st

rap

with

eye

s, n

ot b

uilt

in h

ooks

, and

som

e re

cove

rysh

ackl

es, a

nd k

eep

ever

yone

aw

ay fr

om th

e ar

ea.

Nev

er e

xcee

d th

e sa

fe w

orki

ng lo

ad li

mits

of y

our e

quip

men

t. A

sna

tch

reco

very

is v

ery

sim

ple

and

uses

the

prin

cipl

es o

f ene

rgy

trans

fer t

o re

cove

r the

stu

ck v

ehic

le.

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ng a

sui

tabl

e re

cove

ry s

trap

or re

cove

ryro

pe, a

nd tw

o sh

ackl

es, c

onne

ct th

e st

uck

vehi

cle

and

vehi

cle

doin

g th

e re

cove

ry to

geth

er.

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y co

nnec

t to

suita

ble

anch

or p

oint

s co

nnec

ted

to th

eve

hicl

es fr

ame.

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reco

verin

g ve

hicl

e sh

ould

bac

k up

abo

ut 1

5 fe

et o

r so

tow

ards

the

stuc

k ve

hicl

e, o

bvio

usly

avo

idin

g ru

nnin

g ov

er th

e st

rap.

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eev

eryo

ne is

cle

ar, t

he re

cove

ring

vehi

cle

will

pul

l for

war

d at

a m

oder

ate

pace

. W

hen

the

strap

bec

omes

taug

ht, t

he e

nerg

y us

ed in

mov

ing

forw

ard

will

be

trans

ferr

ed to

the

stuc

k ve

hicl

e an

d �s

natc

h� it

forw

ard.

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eral

atte

mpt

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epen

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upo

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uck

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vehi

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ink

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t you

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doi

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lan

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r bee

n th

e un

disp

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of O

ff-r

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o m

any

year

s, it

is w

ith s

ome

sadn

ess

that

we

say

good

bye

to th

e or

igin

al �

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mer

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ever

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re is

muc

h ta

lk o

f ne

w a

nd f

utur

e H

umm

er m

odel

s. R

umor

s of

a H

2 pi

ckup

won

�t go

aw

ay,a

nd w

e m

ay s

ee o

ne in

the

near

fut

ure,

po

ssib

ly in

bot

h 2

and

4 do

or v

aria

nts.

Th

e H

3 m

ay se

e a

dies

el e

ngin

e at

som

e po

int,

alth

ough

an

expo

rt m

odel

die

sel i

s lik

ely

to b

e re

leas

ed fi

rst.

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with

con

cern

s of

risi

ng g

as p

rices

, a

dom

estic

die

sel H

3 m

ay n

ot b

e ve

ry fa

r beh

ind.

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H3

soft

top

may

als

o be

on

the

draw

ing

boar

d, o

r we

may

just

hav

e to

wai

t for

the

H4

to e

njoy

som

e op

en to

p m

otor

ing.

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e H

4 se

ems t

o be

bac

k on

trac

k, a

t lea

st fo

r the

mom

ent,

so w

e m

ay y

et se

e a

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mer

dire

ctly

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pete

with

the

vene

rabl

e Je

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rang

ler.

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o ru

mor

ed th

at H

umm

er m

ay b

ecom

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die

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ivis

ion.

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hate

ver n

ew m

odel

s are

set t

o jo

in th

e H

umm

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ne u

p, th

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ht h

is w

hite

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entu

re in

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pro

ven

to b

e th

e be

st v

ehic

le h

e�s e

ver o

wne

d.

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e D

ecem

ber

I ha

ve w

heel

ed m

y tr

uck

at P

arag

on A

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d Ra

usch

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ver

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d in

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near

futu

re I

plan

to a

dd a

win

ch a

nd li

ft.

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of

the

thin

gs I

love

mos

t ab

out

my

H3

is th

e wa

y m

y th

ree

year

old

son

en

joys

rid

ing

and

whee

ling

in i

t. H

e al

ways

get

s a

big

kick

to

ride

in

the

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mer

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sure

he

thin

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addy

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ig T

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nd it

is!

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is th

e Pr

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ent o

f Hum

mer

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th E

ast C

hapt

er.

I�m s

ure

I am

lik

e m

ost

Hum

mer

ow

ners

in

the

fact

that

I f

ell

in l

ove

with

them

from

day

one

. The

day

I fir

st ro

de in

an

H1

back

in th

e m

id �9

0s I

knew

I w

ould

hav

e to

ow

n a

Hum

mer

, but

they

just

nev

er r

eally

fitt

ed m

y da

y-to

-da

y lif

e. T

he m

omen

t I h

eard

abo

ut th

e H

3, th

at a

ll ch

ange

d. A

fter d

rivin

g th

e H

3 fo

r 6

mon

ths

I do

n�t

thin

k I

can

ever

go

back

to

any

anot

her

bran

d of

SU

V. I

t stil

l brin

gs a

sm

ile to

my

face

whe

n I w

alk

up to

it, a

nd I

cont

inue

to

find

mys

elf c

omin

g up

with

reas

ons j

ust t

o go

out

and

driv

e.

For a

veh

icle

that

feel

s so

larg

e, it

is th

e pe

rfec

t fit,

sm

all a

nd a

gile

eno

ugh

to

get y

ou th

roug

h tra

ffic

and

fits

into

pre

tty m

uch

any

situ

atio

n yo

u m

ight

find

yo

urse

lf in

. I w

as in

itial

ly c

once

rned

that

the

I-5 e

ngin

e w

ould

be

too

smal

l,bu

t the

�ca

r� m

agaz

ine

revi

ewer

s ha

ve ju

st b

low

n it

out o

f pr

opor

tion

and

itha

s ne

ver b

een

an is

sue.

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le b

eing

sm

all c

ompa

red

to o

ther

Hum

mer

s it

is

also

big

eno

ugh

to g

et th

e jo

b do

ne. F

or s

uch

an o

ff ro

ad c

apab

le v

ehic

le, i

t is

also

ver

y co

mfo

rtabl

e to

driv

e an

d th

e ro

ad m

anne

rs a

re s

urpr

isin

gly

good

. M

embe

r�s R

ig

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b M

embe

rs in

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ion�

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thin

g I d

id n

ot fo

rese

e w

hen

getti

ng th

e H

3 w

as th

e H

umm

er li

fest

yle.

It�s

alm

ost a

s fu

n m

akin

g a

Hum

mer

you

r ow

n, a

s it

is to

driv

e. I

did

a lo

t of

res

earc

h be

fore

get

ting

the

H3

and

was

am

azed

to

find

wha

t a

wid

e sp

read

Hum

mer

com

mun

ity t

here

is.

Peop

le f

rom

all

over

,sh

arin

g ex

perie

nces

, ide

as a

nd te

chni

cal i

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t all

Hum

mer

mod

els.

The

com

mun

ities

als

o op

ened

my

eyes

to th

e w

orld

of o

ff ro

adin

g.

My

impr

essi

on o

ff ro

adin

g w

as fr

om s

eein

g th

e hu

ge li

fted

truck

s be

ing

traile

red

hom

e on

the

wee

kend

s af

ter a

day

of r

unni

ng th

roug

h m

ud p

its.

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nev

er re

ally

inte

rest

ed m

e, b

ut a

fter I

sta

rted

seei

ng w

hat p

eopl

e w

ere

doin

g w

ith th

eir H

umm

ers,

it st

arte

d pi

quin

g m

y in

tere

st a

nd I

was

read

yto

go.

O

ne m

onth

afte

r I g

ot m

y H

3, I

head

ed o

ut to

Mur

phy,

NC

, to

mee

t a g

roup

of o

ther

Hum

mer

ow

ners

for

a w

eeke

nd o

f off

road

ing

in th

e U

pper

Telli

co O

HV

(Off

Hig

hway

Veh

icle

) are

a. I

real

ly h

ad n

o id

ea w

hat I

was

in fo

r, an

d w

as b

oth

nerv

ous a

nd e

xcite

d at

the

sam

e tim

e,bu

t kne

w I

was

go

ing

with

a g

roup

that

had

exp

erie

nce

and

who

wou

ld te

ach

me.

W

hen

we

got t

o th

e tra

ilhea

d on

the

first

day

, the

re w

as a

cre

ek c

ross

ing

and

as I

look

acr

oss a

t the

oth

er si

de I

thou

ght t

o m

ysel

f �O

h m

y go

d, w

hat

did

you

get y

ours

elf i

nto�

. As

I cro

ssed

the

cree

k an

d ne

ared

the

othe

r sid

e, I

can

tell

you

I was

ner

vous

, but

afte

r bei

ng g

uide

d ou

t of t

he c

reek

and

on

to th

e sh

ore

on th

e ot

her s

ide,

I th

ough

t to

mys

elf �

How

eas

y th

at w

as!�

As

we

proc

eede

d fu

rther

up

the

trail,

it g

ot to

ughe

r and

toug

her,

and

I w

as c

ontin

ually

am

azed

as t

he H

3 cr

awle

d ov

er o

ne o

bsta

cle

afte

r ano

ther

. It d

idn�

t tak

e ve

ry lo

ng a

t all

befo

re I

was

com

plet

ely

hook

edan

d co

uld

hard

ly w

ait t

o do

it a

ll ag

ain.

In

the

past

6 m

onth

s of

ow

ners

hip

I hav

e re

aliz

ed a

num

ber

of th

ings

. Firs

t, th

ere

is a

ctua

lly a

veh

icle

out

ther

e th

at I

don�

t thi

nk I

will

be

bore

dw

ith a

fter a

cou

ple

of y

ears

. Sec

ond,

ow

ning

a H

umm

er is

a li

fest

yle

and

I thi

nk it

fits

me

perf

ectly

. Thi

rd, H

umm

er o

wne

rshi

pw

ill o

pen

you

up to

gr

eat a

dven

ture

s an

d ex

perie

nces

you

mig

ht n

ot h

ave

thou

ght a

bout

bef

ore,

as

wel

l as

givi

ng y

ou a

com

mon

inte

rest

ed w

ith a

gre

at c

omm

unity

of

owne

rs fr

om e

very

whe

re.

My

Firs

t Hum

mer

by M

ark

Wel

ls